Foreign Policy

With the coming fight to kick ISIS out of its Syrian stronghold, Washington leans on the Kurds once again

As president, Hillary Clinton is prepared to take a much tougher stance on Russia than Trump — or even Obama. Syria’s civil war will be the first test.

Roma communities in Central Europe hoped institutions would protect their rights once they joined the European Union. Now they’re disillusioned with Western Europe too.

The crisis in Kashmir is starting to boil over — and the next U.S. president isn’t going to be able to avoid intervening.

In an exclusive interview in New York, Hungary's foreign minister praised Australia's migration system and said Hungary should mimic it.

Chinese who grew up watching Friends are on Team Aniston. Others blame karma, or even the Dalai Lama.

Study a photograph of infantry soldiers at a battlefield service.

In Kirkuk, the extremist group's defeat risks rekindling old ethnic and religious conflicts — unless cooler heads prevail.

The GOP is still trying to put the administration's personnel policy back in the box.

Tunisia’s democratic achievements are under threat. Here’s why a fake “national consensus” isn’t the answer.

U.S. Central Command has launched an investigation into the mistaken airstrike on Syrian troops over the weekend.

It’s impossible to know for certain whether an Iranian business partner is a sponsor of terrorism — until it’s too late.

Petro Poroshenko sent a request to meet both U.S. presidential candidates. But only Clinton has sat down with the Ukrainian president.

The Republican nominee takes another swing at being a statesman by meeting with Cairo’s controversial leader.

The Obama administration should not have risked inadvertently funding Iran's support for terrorism.

People say suicide doesn't end the pain, it just passes it on to someone else.

In an exclusive interview on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., Nigeria's military chief defended his military's human rights record.

If the Sept/Oct issue of "Wooden Boat" hasn’t yet arrived in your mailbox, there’s a surprisingly interesting interview with an expert in traditional ship rigging.

Naples, Italy, and Nablus, on the West Bank, essentially have the same name, derived from Greek.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered a full-throated, and thinly veiled, broadside against a host of world leaders from Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to South Sudan’s Salva Kiir Mayardit during his tenth and final speech at the U.N. General Assembly.